BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - JUNE 2013 -- MASTHEAD -- In this month's Bulletin -- Editorials -- Why are we failing to promote physical activity globally? -- Independent drug bulletins to promote the prescription of appropriate drugs: a necessar -- News -- Public health round-up -- Syrians flee violence and disrupted health services to Jordan -- Lessons from Fukushima: scientists need to communicate better -- Research -- Breastfeeding policy: a globally comparative analysis -- Public sector services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: a micro-costing survey in Namibia and Rwanda -- Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development -- Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women's groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India -- The cost of type 1 diabetes: a nationwide multicentre study in Brazil -- External quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Self-reported illness and household strategies for coping with health-care payments in Bangladesh -- Lessons from the field -- Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana's campaign success -- JUST PUBLISHED! -- Back cover.

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948 the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. As the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization (WHO) the Bulletin draws on WHO experts as editorial advisers reviewers and authors as well as on external collaborators. In this month's issue: Why are we failing to promote physical activity globally? Independent drug bulletins to promote the prescription of appropriate drugs: a necessary but difficult task; Breastfeeding policy: a globally comparative analysis; Public sector services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: a micro-costing survey in Namibia and Rwanda; Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development; Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women s groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India; The cost of type 1 diabetes: a nationwide multicentre study in Brazil; External quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Self-reported illness and household strategies for coping with health-care payments in Bangladesh; Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana's campaign success.

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